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17 Dec, 4 tweets, 6 min read
πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ Where has (just) the #USAF RC-135S Cobra Ball fleet flown in the past day?

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#ADSB #ModeS #ADSBexchange

πŸ“· 2019-08-24
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πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ United States Air Force Boeing RC-135S Cobra Ball 61-2662/OF #AE01D8

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#USAF #55SRW #45RS #MASINT

πŸ“· 2019-08-24
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πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ United States Air Force Boeing RC-135S Cobra Ball 61-2663/OF #AE01D6

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#USAF #55SRW #45RS #MASINT

πŸ“· 2020-10-30
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πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ United States Air Force Boeing RC-135S Cobra Ball 62-4128/OF #AE01D7

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#USAF #55SRW #45RS #MASINT

πŸ“· 2020-09-30
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Steffan Watkins πŸ“‘ Profile picture
19 Dec
πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ Is this for real? Are we being punked?
#AF1 #AirForceOne #ADSB #ModeS #QAnon Image
If the POTUS is on a plane it *is* Air Force One.

whitehouse.gov/about-the-whit…
There is nothing secret about the Boeing 747s that are commonly referred to as "Air Force One" (planeS, there are two!), we track them all the time, and the links are available on Twitter for you to follow along too. πŸ‘‡
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17 Dec
πŸ‡¨πŸ‡¦ I've heard riffs on "when the planes are not in for repairs, which is often." in #cndpoli news before, but I've never seen any data to substantiate, or gov't reports which identify, higher than normal maintenance for the #RCAF CC-150 Polaris fleet.

Is there evidence?

Well,
Data exists that can be used to substantiate, or refute, the claim, using open source flight history. For my part, I can tell you the planes are in the air very regularly, and there is no sign of them being sidelined for unscheduled extended periods. (except the "mishap"; 15001)
What's that? You want to see it for yourself? Well, okay.

Check the below embeded link daily for a few years and get back to me.

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17 Dec
πŸ‡¬πŸ‡§ Where has the Royal Air Force RC-135W Rivet Joint "Airseeker" fleet been noticed in the last day?

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#RAF #ModeS #ADSB

πŸ“· 2017-03-24
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πŸ‡¬πŸ‡§ Royal Air Force RC-135W Rivet Joint "Airseeker" ZZ664 #43C38C

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#RAF #ModeS #ADSB

πŸ“· 2017-03-24
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πŸ‡¬πŸ‡§ Royal Air Force RC-135W Rivet Joint "Airseeker" ZZ665 #43C39C

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πŸ“· 2018-07-17
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Steffan Watkins πŸ“‘ Profile picture
8 Oct
πŸ‡¨πŸ‡¦ Follow me down a parachute training plane rabbit hole, filled with speculation and discovery!

I find the planes used by the Canadian Forces to conduct parachute training extremely interesting (I'm sure some wish I didn't), because they're πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ planes; usually call sign #CFC0300
Well, today there's a chunky bird flying over Arnprior, and it looks like it's been doing the same dance of the bumblebee that the Canadian Forces would normally do during training; but not the right callsign. Not deterred, I wondered if they forgot (or intentionally) skipped it.
It could also be a civilian parachuting company, who brought up a plane from the United States...? I really don't know, maybe they're awfully busy. Maybe business is really good, for fall skydiving in Arnprior, during a pandemic?
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7 Oct
πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ The American media will once again drop the ball this week. All the members of the #OSCC are gathering in Vienna for the Open Skies Review Conference, the #OpenSkiesTreaty is alive and well, and the beligerant Trump admin has failed to kill it, despite their intent to leave.
From their own statements it's clear the Trump admin's plan, a 5+ yr old effort by Republican degenerates who advised the POTUS like Cotton, Bolton, and Morrison, was to destroy the treaty and increase allied dependance on American satellites to line the pockets of the MIC.
All countries which are signatory to the #OoenSkiesTreaty are part of the OSCC so they can use their own planes (or borrowed) to conduct reconaissance with treaty-certified tamper-proof cameras that all OSCC members have agreed are within treaty-defined resolution fidelity limits
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7 Jun
I noticed an uptick in TASS #OpenSkiesTreaty aricles being published, so I took a 2nd look, and wow! They are churning out quite an amount of information, it's a real treasure trove.
2020-05-21 12:53 #OpenSkiesTreaty #TASS
tass.com/defense/1158999
2020-05-21 15:28 #OpenSkiesTreaty #TASS
tass.com/world/1159033
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